SEO Consultant in San Diego

I have noticed several phishing attempts along with a colleague, Alex Rothaus, from some Google impostors. After contacting our Google representatives this morning, they confirmed that those emails were not authentic. If you receive ANY emails from “Google AdWords” or any a similar source, claiming a payment was not processed and asking you to click on a link to resolve the issue, do not click on that link. Just forward the email to Google help through your webmasters account if you have one.

The emails look legit, but Google will never ask you to click on a link, they will just give you instructions to go to Adwords.

Here are some screenshots from phishing emails we received this morning:

If you noticed the same, get the word out and let us know.

Happy Thursday

We have been watching the Google / DoubleClick acquisition process, and it has come to an end. I’m personally surprised at how fast this deal came together, though the talk has been around for a while.

What does this mean?

Read Google’s Announcement about the purchase to get your questions and doubts answered, or at least somewhat humored.

Meanwhile we wait to see DART tags implemented into the Google Content Network, among other new features that will certainly pop up in the near future.

I feel for any layoff victims, since there may be some DoubleClick layoff soon. Google will probably opt to reduce DoubleClick’s headcount to match its current business structure. The word on the street is that this is supposed to be done by sometime in April.

Ohh yea! The CPC Rap, now available to all of you SEM fiends! We’ll soon be able to have different genres for SEO/SEM songs. Enjoy the CPC Rap below!